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mark strassman on a new technology that could stop deadly drunk driving accidents. >> the optical signature registers above .08, then the vehicle will prevent you from moving. >> and with elephants under siege by poachers, m. sanjay meets a woman who has become a foster mother raising baby elephants until they can care for themselves. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> good evening. scott is off. i'm rebecca jarvis. in a few hours, the u.s. will go over the fiscal cliff which could trigger across-the-board tax increases and billions in spending cuts. however, there is hope for a soft landing. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell and president obama said today a deal was close. but late in the day house leaders announced they will not vote on a deal tonight. they're waiting for the senate. so what happens now? we have two reports beginning with nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy, good evening. >> good evening to you, rebecca. it looks like the deadline pressure finally prompted a meeting of the minds today. negotiators agreed to a plan that
mark strassman on a new technology that could stop deadly drunk driving accidents. >> the optical signature registers above .08, then the vehicle will prevent you from moving. >> and with elephants under siege by poachers, m. sanjay meets a woman who has become a foster mother raising baby elephants until they can care for themselves. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> good evening. scott is off. i'm rebecca jarvis. in a...
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reports from byron pitts, david bernard and mark strassman. the republicans nominate mitt romney for president. bob scheiffer and norah o'donnell will cover it. bill whitaker on homeowners underwater and looking to the candidates for a life line. >> here we are five years later. the end is not in sight. >> pelley: and we'll talk to ann romney about the personal challenges the romney family has faced. >> what do you mean dark times? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley reporting tonight from the republican national convention. >> pelley: good evening. it is a night of two big stories. moments ago, republicans nominated mitt romney as their candidate for president. but while delegates were counting the votes, six million people on the gulf coast were counting the hours before hurricane isaac makes land fall. romney's six-year quest for the nomination came to a successful end with the votes cast by the delegation from new jersey. >> the garden state, the proud home of tonight's keynote address given by gove
reports from byron pitts, david bernard and mark strassman. the republicans nominate mitt romney for president. bob scheiffer and norah o'donnell will cover it. bill whitaker on homeowners underwater and looking to the candidates for a life line. >> here we are five years later. the end is not in sight. >> pelley: and we'll talk to ann romney about the personal challenges the romney family has faced. >> what do you mean dark times? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the...
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mark strassman reports now on the emotional toll the attacks are still taking on one man at the heart of that day's events. >> i still have, you know, nightmares about it. during the day i still think about it. >> reporter: on 9/11, michael winter was supervising 40 flight controllers for united airlines at its chicago operations center. you knew you were responsible for all those folks. >> yes. >> reporter: you were it? >> the safety and security of all those airplanes was my responsibility. >> reporter: you sent out a dispatch to all united planes. >> that said something to the effect,"please secure your cockpits. we have had a couple of airplanes hijacked." flight 93 was one of the flights not talking back to us in a normal way. at that point it appears it had already been taken over by the terrorists when message came up in the cockpit. >> reporter: 11 years later have you still processed it emotionally? >> no, i felt some sense of responsibility, you know, emotionally. you know, again, two of our airplanes didn't come home that day. that was our job. that is what we were supposed
mark strassman reports now on the emotional toll the attacks are still taking on one man at the heart of that day's events. >> i still have, you know, nightmares about it. during the day i still think about it. >> reporter: on 9/11, michael winter was supervising 40 flight controllers for united airlines at its chicago operations center. you knew you were responsible for all those folks. >> yes. >> reporter: you were it? >> the safety and security of all those...
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mark strassman, cbs news, brooklyn. >> how to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff will be the focus of president obama and lawmakers this week. the president has scheduled meetings with labor representatives, business leaders and members of congress to discuss ways to avoid the automatic tax increase and spending cuts that will go into effect at the beginning of 2013. there is no bigger issue on the agenda in washington between now and the end. year than reaching a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. without an agreement on january 1st the bush era tax cuts will expire and $1.2 trillion in spending cuts goes into effect. that will likely result in a spike in unemployment and trigger a new recession. >> everybody recognizes that this will be a terrible thing for american families, for our economy, for just running the government in a sensible way. >> president obama has said any deal must include a tax increase on wealthy americans. an idea that republicans are pushing back against. >> raising those rates on january 1st would according to the independent firm ernst and young
mark strassman, cbs news, brooklyn. >> how to keep the country from going over the fiscal cliff will be the focus of president obama and lawmakers this week. the president has scheduled meetings with labor representatives, business leaders and members of congress to discuss ways to avoid the automatic tax increase and spending cuts that will go into effect at the beginning of 2013. there is no bigger issue on the agenda in washington between now and the end. year than reaching a deal to...
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mark strassman looks at each of the presidential candidates plans. >> reporter: in new orleans john's family business sells stone for kitchen remodel. >> i love what i do. we go to work and i enjoy every minute of it. >> reporter: six days a week. >> yeah. not only me but my wife and son. >> reporter: 56 years old. how much longer do you want to do it? >> 10 to 15 years. >> reporter: since 1940 social security has been etched in stone. in 1945, 42 workers paid into the program for every retiree. but america is ageing. by 2033 there will be two workers paying in for every retiree. social security could fall 25 cents short in every dollar it owes in benefits. >> unlike the current president we'll preserve and protect medicare and social security and keep it there for future generations. >> reporter: mitt romney says he would not change anything for people already retired or older than 55. but he has proposed a gradual increase in the eligibility age for social security. one month per year beginning in 2022. romney told "60 minutes" benefits should be reduced for high income americans. >
mark strassman looks at each of the presidential candidates plans. >> reporter: in new orleans john's family business sells stone for kitchen remodel. >> i love what i do. we go to work and i enjoy every minute of it. >> reporter: six days a week. >> yeah. not only me but my wife and son. >> reporter: 56 years old. how much longer do you want to do it? >> 10 to 15 years. >> reporter: since 1940 social security has been etched in stone. in 1945, 42...
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. >> pelley: john miller and mark strassman on what we know now about the bangladeshi terror gespect allegedly plotting to serve.p the federal reserve. another death in the meningitis outbreak. dr. jon lapook takes us inside the federal effort to find and dera potential victims. and among the afghan soldiers is u.s. is training are some you might not expect. david martin on the women pilots tonding up to defend their country. captioning evetioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >>pelley: good evening, the boy scouts of america kept files for decades on scout leaders and volunteers who were suspected of sexually abusing boys. scoutouts kept the files to prevent molesters from returning to the organization, but often did did not share what they what with police and prosecutors. the documents paint a picture of serial cover-ups to protect the name of the boy scouts of america. because of a lawsuit, oregon's supreme court ordered the documents released. they became public today and anna werner has our story. >> reporter: the 1200 documents cover incide
. >> pelley: john miller and mark strassman on what we know now about the bangladeshi terror gespect allegedly plotting to serve.p the federal reserve. another death in the meningitis outbreak. dr. jon lapook takes us inside the federal effort to find and dera potential victims. and among the afghan soldiers is u.s. is training are some you might not expect. david martin on the women pilots tonding up to defend their country. captioning evetioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs...
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mark strassman, thank you. tomorrow we'll hear from the daredevil in his first interview since that big jump only on cbs this morning. >>> now to the latest in the saga of malala yousafzai. she has been flown from pakistan to britain for further treatment including more surgery and therapy. elizabeth palmer is in pakistan's capital, islamabad. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: malala's already moved twice from one pakistani military hospital to another. now she's finally been sent overseas. she was put on to a special equipped jet early this morning. she's off to britain for more aftercare and special therapy. very little real information on how she's doing. although we heard over the weekend her condition was stable and that doctors had reduced her sedation to see if they could determine how much damage has been done to her brain. we did hear from a diplomat who's seen her enroute to britain. he says they do expect her to make steady if slow progress. we've just come from her hometown up on the border with
mark strassman, thank you. tomorrow we'll hear from the daredevil in his first interview since that big jump only on cbs this morning. >>> now to the latest in the saga of malala yousafzai. she has been flown from pakistan to britain for further treatment including more surgery and therapy. elizabeth palmer is in pakistan's capital, islamabad. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: malala's already moved twice from one pakistani military hospital to another. now she's finally been...
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mark strassman goes back stage at the tv series homeland. steve hartman marvels at one man's marvelous ways and much more. but first the headline for this morning the 23rd of september, 2012. a pakistani official has placed a bounty on the head of the man behind the film that triggered protests around the islamic world. the film maker, who has questioned by police in los angeles last weekend, has now gone into hiding. the state department is taking cnn to task for reopening and reporting the contents of a slain american ambassador christopher stevens' personal journal despite the objections of his family. the news channel says it found the journal four days after stevens was killed in the recent attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. egypt's new president is calling on the united states to change its attitude toward the arab world. in an interview in "new york times," mohammed morsi says his country wants friendship but the united states must respect the cultural differences of the arab world. a salmonella outbreak has prompted a p
mark strassman goes back stage at the tv series homeland. steve hartman marvels at one man's marvelous ways and much more. but first the headline for this morning the 23rd of september, 2012. a pakistani official has placed a bounty on the head of the man behind the film that triggered protests around the islamic world. the film maker, who has questioned by police in los angeles last weekend, has now gone into hiding. the state department is taking cnn to task for reopening and reporting the...
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mark strassman is at the scene of the jurenovich in roswell, new mexico. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at one point 8 million people were watching the skydive live on youtube shattering the site's record and they saw what the red bull team saw. one man's high drama at high altitudes. felix baumgartner stood day lone with his thoughts 24 miles above new mexico. >> you become so humble you can't think about breaking records any more. the only thing you want is you want to come back alive. >> reporter: no one had ever fallen to earth quite like this. >> there's the release. his climb to earth stratsosphere has taken 2 1/2 hours. felix baumgartner was hoisted heaven word by a 50-foot story helium balloon. the 43-year-old austrian sky diver almost had to call it off on the way up. his visor had fogged over after a heater in his helmet quit. >> this is serious. i don't think i have face heating. >> reporter: joe was joe kittinger at mission control. in 1960 kittinger leapted from 102,000 feet. >> we'll take care of you. >> reporter: felix baumgartner
mark strassman is at the scene of the jurenovich in roswell, new mexico. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. at one point 8 million people were watching the skydive live on youtube shattering the site's record and they saw what the red bull team saw. one man's high drama at high altitudes. felix baumgartner stood day lone with his thoughts 24 miles above new mexico. >> you become so humble you can't think about breaking records any more. the only thing you want is you want to...
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. >> that was mark straesman strassman reporting from florida. we have this report. >> reporter: good afternoon. at 1:00 hire there is a rally planned and at 2:00 lawmakers will speak about his case, all of this on the one month anniversary of his death. >>> thousands of come together nationwide for justice, struck so personally by the death of trayvon march trayvon martin the outrage was felt here too. >> it could have been them, it could have been my sons so i felt compelled to come it is just the right thing to do. >> we are all are tray tron trayvon trayvon martin, we all the have to show our outrage. >> many wore hoodies as a nationwide call to action. >> it is important to get involved because it could have been me, it could have been you, one of your family members, it could have been anybody. >> again there is a big rally planned at 5:00 at light and pratt streets another one here at 1:00 and people are rallies across this country today regarding the trayvon martin case. mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> we will have updates througho
. >> that was mark straesman strassman reporting from florida. we have this report. >> reporter: good afternoon. at 1:00 hire there is a rally planned and at 2:00 lawmakers will speak about his case, all of this on the one month anniversary of his death. >>> thousands of come together nationwide for justice, struck so personally by the death of trayvon march trayvon martin the outrage was felt here too. >> it could have been them, it could have been my sons so i felt...
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mark strassman is going through it all and he reports to "wjz" from sanford, florida. >> reporter: in the surveillance video, trayvon martin had 20 minute live. he left this convenience store with skittles and a can of iced tea and headed into a confrontation with george zimmerman. >> there is a black guy down, it looks like he has been shot. >> reporter: in the seven inch detail,s of the fight, zimmerman's facial injuries, broken nose, two black eyes, gashes in the back of his head. nearby, his .9-millimeter gun. lying on the ground, martin's cell phone. paramedics found him lying on his stomach. the can of iced tea still cold in his sweatshirt pocket. they performed cpr unsuccessfully for six minutes -- . >> reporter: martin's autopsy showed he was shot through the heart. gun powder wounds suggested zimmerman shot him from no more than 1 inches away. the trajectory was horizontal. martin was hurt in the fight, blood on his hair, a bruise around the eye. no eye witness saw the shot, but an unidentified one called witness 6 said he saw martin beating on zimmerman. >> the one on top wa
mark strassman is going through it all and he reports to "wjz" from sanford, florida. >> reporter: in the surveillance video, trayvon martin had 20 minute live. he left this convenience store with skittles and a can of iced tea and headed into a confrontation with george zimmerman. >> there is a black guy down, it looks like he has been shot. >> reporter: in the seven inch detail,s of the fight, zimmerman's facial injuries, broken nose, two black eyes, gashes in the...
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except more and more these days it seems the road is hitting back as mark strassman will report in our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: the american highway, a place of adventure, a place to chase our dreams. >> i think there's something programmed into our dna that we're driven to roam. i think more than any other people on the planet. >> reporter: but anyone who has gotten behind the wheel lately knows the reality no longer lives up to the legend. with billions in repairs needed just to keep us up and running it's clear we've been driving on borrowed time. the road ahead where there is no free, in freeway. later on sunday morning. >> osgood: if it's fast company you're looking for today, forget about our crowded highways and look to our nation's speedways instead. that's where you'll find the popular competitor our lee cowan has been talking to. >> nascar's jimmie johnson will be spending this memorial day weekend at almost 200 miles an hour. does it feel like you're going 200 mirror is it all relative because everybody around you is doing the same thing? >> it's relative unt
except more and more these days it seems the road is hitting back as mark strassman will report in our sunday morning cover story. >> reporter: the american highway, a place of adventure, a place to chase our dreams. >> i think there's something programmed into our dna that we're driven to roam. i think more than any other people on the planet. >> reporter: but anyone who has gotten behind the wheel lately knows the reality no longer lives up to the legend. with billions in...
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mark strassman goes to class. >> what is the word for hello? >> niho. >> glor: and fighting chance, a decorated combat veteran overcomes his battle scars, fulfilling a dream on the football field. >> i didn't die that day on october 3rd, because i was meant to do something more in my life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: and good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. after months arguing from a distance president obama and mitt romney meet face-to-face on wednesday. their first debate is scheduled for denver. 90 minutes focusing on domestic issues. nancy cordes is on the campaign trail tonight in las vegas, nancy, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. and to give you an idea of just how much is riding on this first debate the president is here in nevada for three full days but he's only holding one rally tonight at this las vegas high school. the rest of the time he'll spend cramming for the debate and governor romney will be doing the exact same thing in denver. the president chose to do his debate pre
mark strassman goes to class. >> what is the word for hello? >> niho. >> glor: and fighting chance, a decorated combat veteran overcomes his battle scars, fulfilling a dream on the football field. >> i didn't die that day on october 3rd, because i was meant to do something more in my life. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> glor: and good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. after months arguing from a distance president obama and...
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mark strassman goes to class. >> what is the word for hello. >> niho. >> and fighting chance, a decorated combat veteran overcomes his battle scars, fulfilling a dream on the football field. >> i didn't die that day on october 3rd, i was meant to do something more in my life. >> this is the captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: and good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. after months arguing from a distance president obama and mitt romney meet face-to-face on wednesday. their first debate. it's scheduled for denver. 90 minutes focusing on domestic issues. nancy cordes is on the campaign trail tonight in las vegas, nancy, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, jeff. and to give you an idea of just how much is riding on this first debate the president is here in nevada for three full days but he's only holding one rally tonight at this las vegas high school. the rest of the time he'll spend cramming for the debate and governor romney will be doing the exact same thing in denver. the president chose to do his debate preparation in a battleground state, nevada.
mark strassman goes to class. >> what is the word for hello. >> niho. >> and fighting chance, a decorated combat veteran overcomes his battle scars, fulfilling a dream on the football field. >> i didn't die that day on october 3rd, i was meant to do something more in my life. >> this is the captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: and good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor. after months arguing from a distance president...
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mart strassman reports. we now know what killed whitney houston. we'll talk to dr. jon lapook about what was found in houston's body. women and marriage-- new data show fewer are choosing to say "i do." elaine quijano on america's changing profile. and a confrontation between student and teacher. >> i remember thinking, i need to to take a deep breath. i've i've got this. >> pelley: then wyatt andrews tells us the story takes an amazing turn. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. happeley: good evening. what happened on a rainy night last month in sanford, florida, has has reignited national debates on race and on self-defense. a neighborhoo a neighborhood watch captain shot and killed an unarmed teenager. he has not been charged. based on a florida law that allows anyone to defend himself with deadly force. today, the police chief in sanford stepped down, at least temporarily, and this evening, as you can see, several hundred protesters have gathered in fort me melon park. some of them are demanding the arrest of that neighbo
mart strassman reports. we now know what killed whitney houston. we'll talk to dr. jon lapook about what was found in houston's body. women and marriage-- new data show fewer are choosing to say "i do." elaine quijano on america's changing profile. and a confrontation between student and teacher. >> i remember thinking, i need to to take a deep breath. i've i've got this. >> pelley: then wyatt andrews tells us the story takes an amazing turn. captioning sponsored by cbs...
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. >> correspondent mark strassman is also working the story. we sent him to the school where the suspect was a student. >> reporter: quasi nafis left little impression on students at southeast mis state university. some were struck by how homesick the 21-year-old freshman was. was there anything about him that seemed radical or extreme? >> nothing can. >> reporter: nothing at all? >> nothing at all. >> reporter: jim dow met nafis in physics class. he says nafis gave him a gift, this koran, and urged him to convert to islam. but they talked politics only once jake he told me that he did not believe osama bin laden was involved in the twin towers, that he believed that bin laden was a very good, religious man, and that a good, devout, faithful muslim would not do something like that. >> reporter: but bangladeshy students who came with nafis to missouri, told the foible last night they became alarmed his political views turned radical. he began talking about violence and videos by alawlaki. his friends describe one incident in which nafis watched
. >> correspondent mark strassman is also working the story. we sent him to the school where the suspect was a student. >> reporter: quasi nafis left little impression on students at southeast mis state university. some were struck by how homesick the 21-year-old freshman was. was there anything about him that seemed radical or extreme? >> nothing can. >> reporter: nothing at all? >> nothing at all. >> reporter: jim dow met nafis in physics class. he says...
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mark strassman goes back stage at the tv series homeland. steve hartman marvels at one man's marvelous ways and much more. but first the headline for this morning the 23rd of september, 2012. a pakistani official has placed a bounty on the head of the man behind the film that triggered protests around the islamic world. the film maker, who has questioned by police in los angeles last weekend, has now gone into hiding. the state department is taking cnn to task for reopening and reporting the contents of a slain american ambassador christopher stevens' personal journal despite the objections of his family. the news channel says it found the journal four days after stevens was killed in the recent attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi, libya. egypt's new president is calling on the united states to change its attitude toward the arab world. in an interview in "new york times," mohammed morsi says his country wants friendship but the united states must respect the cultural differences of the arab world. a salmonella outbreak has prompted a p
mark strassman goes back stage at the tv series homeland. steve hartman marvels at one man's marvelous ways and much more. but first the headline for this morning the 23rd of september, 2012. a pakistani official has placed a bounty on the head of the man behind the film that triggered protests around the islamic world. the film maker, who has questioned by police in los angeles last weekend, has now gone into hiding. the state department is taking cnn to task for reopening and reporting the...
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here's mark strassman. >> and launch of the space-x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> reporter: space-x hopes this morning's successful launch will push private enterprise deeper into space as a for-profit marketplace. nasa retired its shuttle fleet last year and the obamaed administration wants private aerospace companies to provide basic transportation to get astronauts into orbit. in a 2010 test flight, space-x launched a capsule into orbit and retrieved it, the first time a private company had achieved that feat. today's mission will be another first. a commercial space craft flying all the way to the international space station. on friday, the dragon capsule was stopped within 30 feet of the station, each of them moving 17,000 miles per hour in low-earth orbit. that's five miles a second. the station's robotic arm will grab the capsule, dock it and the station's crew will unload its supplies. charles bolden is nasa's administrator. >> there's a lot of work ahead to successfully complete this mission, we're certainly
here's mark strassman. >> and launch of the space-x falcon 9 rocket as nasa turns to the private sector to resupply the international space station. >> reporter: space-x hopes this morning's successful launch will push private enterprise deeper into space as a for-profit marketplace. nasa retired its shuttle fleet last year and the obamaed administration wants private aerospace companies to provide basic transportation to get astronauts into orbit. in a 2010 test flight, space-x...
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mark strassman on the long ordeal after hurricane sandy. members of the navy seal team 6 are disciplined for helping to produce a video game. david martin has the story. and seth doane with folks picking up the pieces of their lives one memory at a time. >> this was the cookie-- the cookie press that i made the cookies at christmastime. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in a tucson, arizona, courtroom, former congresswoman gabriel giffords cape face to face today with the man who tried to kill her. 24-year-old jared loughner. in january of last year, loughner, mentally ill and armed with a semiautomatic pistol, tried to assassinate giffords, raising his gun to her head and firing. then he kept shooting, killing six, wounding 13. loughner pleaded guilty, and today a federal judge sentenced him to seven life terms, one for each of the dead, plus one more for attempting to kill a member of congress. john blackstone was in the courtroom. >> reporter: loughner sat in the courtr
mark strassman on the long ordeal after hurricane sandy. members of the navy seal team 6 are disciplined for helping to produce a video game. david martin has the story. and seth doane with folks picking up the pieces of their lives one memory at a time. >> this was the cookie-- the cookie press that i made the cookies at christmastime. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. in a tucson, arizona, courtroom,...
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we asked mark strassman to look into it. >> reporter: sabrina fulton has waited nearly a month for what she calls justice-- an arrest for the killing of her son trayvon martin. >> to me it was no question. it was definitely a murder. he was murdered. >> reporter: shot in cold blood? >> shot in cold blood. >> reporter: 28-year-old george zimmerman says he shot martin in self-defense february 26. he remains free. zimmerman, an armed neighborhood watch leader, saw martin walking inside a gated subdivision near orlando. he thought the 17-year-old looked suspicious and called police. >> reporter: but zimmerman chased martin. neighbors heard a fight and began dialing 911 to report screams and then a gunshot. >> reporter: did you recognize the voice on that tape? >> that's my baby. that's my son that was yelling. >> when you heard the gunshot, that must have been wrenching. >> um... it left a hole in my heart. an explosion came in my heart when i heard the gunshot. >> reporter: zimmerman had a permit to carry a concealed weapon, a nine-millimeter handgun. trayvon martin was unarmed. he carried
we asked mark strassman to look into it. >> reporter: sabrina fulton has waited nearly a month for what she calls justice-- an arrest for the killing of her son trayvon martin. >> to me it was no question. it was definitely a murder. he was murdered. >> reporter: shot in cold blood? >> shot in cold blood. >> reporter: 28-year-old george zimmerman says he shot martin in self-defense february 26. he remains free. zimmerman, an armed neighborhood watch leader, saw...
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. >> osgood: coming home is a story from our mark strassman about one woman's determination and compassion. >> yeah, i mean, when you get 19 acres of land, you can build your dream completely without compromising any part of it. >> reporter: she has always had an american dream. not just for herself but for hundreds of kids who came to the united states as war refugees. >> i think a lot of people take being an american for granted. all of us came to this country for a better life, for a fresh start, to live the american dream. >> congratulations, new citizens. >> reporter: what it really means to be an american citizen. ahead on sunday morning. >> osgood: the promise of a summer song or two brings loyal fans to outdoor concerts. this morning, that includes country music fan bob scheiffer. ♪ this is country music >> schieffer: brad paisley has racked up 20 number-one hits on the country charts and his latest album answers an age-old question. this is country music really does address this question of what country music is. >> that's why we wrote it. too many guys like you have asked me th
. >> osgood: coming home is a story from our mark strassman about one woman's determination and compassion. >> yeah, i mean, when you get 19 acres of land, you can build your dream completely without compromising any part of it. >> reporter: she has always had an american dream. not just for herself but for hundreds of kids who came to the united states as war refugees. >> i think a lot of people take being an american for granted. all of us came to this country for a...
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for cbs "this morning," mark strassman, atlanta. >> sounds like a good idea to me. >> i was just about to say the same thing. absolutely. i always thought that was a great idea. would probably save a lot of lives and accidents. >> do you have that on your car? >> no, i don't. i do that have that thing when you veer over the car vibrates, that lane change thing. almost there. all right. celebrity chef guy fieri is the target of a restaurant review that's so bad it's gone viral. the "new york times" ask you sk everything from the food to the drinks. we'll have that coming up on cbs "this morning." >> this portion of cbs "this morning" is sponsored by macy's. mother: this is george. he is a good little monkey and always very curious. one day george got an important letter... he's built a rocket ship to travel into space. girl: google, how far is earth to the moon? google voice response: moon is 238,900 miles... mother vo: the great moment had come... ...3...2...1. ♪ social security are just numbers thinkin a budget.d... well, we worked hard for those benefits. we earned them. and if was
for cbs "this morning," mark strassman, atlanta. >> sounds like a good idea to me. >> i was just about to say the same thing. absolutely. i always thought that was a great idea. would probably save a lot of lives and accidents. >> do you have that on your car? >> no, i don't. i do that have that thing when you veer over the car vibrates, that lane change thing. almost there. all right. celebrity chef guy fieri is the target of a restaurant review that's so bad...
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mark strassman is in oceanport, new jersey. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind me is one of fema's two tent cities in new jersey, 750 emergency workers and about 60 storm victims. but there are hundreds of thousands of people waking up in their own cold homes this morning 11 days after sandy hit this coastline. in wintry somerset county, northern new jersey, utility crews are days away from restoring everyone's power. wednesday's nor'easter was a setback across the disaster zone. adela bolet just got her electricity back on monday. >> it was a relief. >> reporter: but that relief didn't last long. >> all of a sudden poof. and there we are back in the middle ages. >> reporter: in new york andrew cuomo blasted the power company that serves long island complaining it mismanaged the crisis. >> part of it is just the management and the performance, which has been unacceptable and they failed, they have failed the consumers. >> reporter: sandy's destruction left thousands of people homeless for the foreseeable future. fema estimates 101,000 people in new york a
mark strassman is in oceanport, new jersey. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. behind me is one of fema's two tent cities in new jersey, 750 emergency workers and about 60 storm victims. but there are hundreds of thousands of people waking up in their own cold homes this morning 11 days after sandy hit this coastline. in wintry somerset county, northern new jersey, utility crews are days away from restoring everyone's power. wednesday's nor'easter was a setback across the...
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higher and higher velocity particles at matter, three people in germany, lisa meitner, otto hahn, otto-- strassman, i think, anyway, what they did was they threw slow moving neutrons at uranium isotopes and they found a reaction that changed the world. and the reaction that changed the world is that what you see before you here. it's in your textbooks. the first page in the chapter, fission and fusion. and all we're saying is that it turns out if a slow moving neutron taps into uranium 235 isotope-- [makes sounds] --it will lay it right in half, and the isotopes, instead of a little particle coming off like maybe a proton or an alpha particle, the whole things falls on half. wild. and-- [makes sounds] here's a typical reaction. there are many reactions. this is just the typical one. the uranium busts in half into krypton and barium. these are about halfway down the periodic table from where the uranium is. and the neat thing was, is there were also an ejection in the average of about three more neutrons. now, if you can slow these neutrons down-- they're going kinda fast-- if you can slow those do
higher and higher velocity particles at matter, three people in germany, lisa meitner, otto hahn, otto-- strassman, i think, anyway, what they did was they threw slow moving neutrons at uranium isotopes and they found a reaction that changed the world. and the reaction that changed the world is that what you see before you here. it's in your textbooks. the first page in the chapter, fission and fusion. and all we're saying is that it turns out if a slow moving neutron taps into uranium 235...
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anthony. >> mark strassman in virginia beach, virginia. thank you, mark. just how worried should east coast residents be about this storm? an obvious concernthat sandy could slam into the most densely-populated region of the country. let's get more on that from chip reid in ocean city maryland. >> reporter: good morning. you know yesterday was just a beautiful day at the beach here but this morning the wind and the surf are really starting to pick up and this is just a very small hint of what's to come. on the ocean city boardwalk some business owners are already boarding up and heading out of town. >> i'm pretty worried. i would say it's definitely a nine. >> we're concerned about the flooding. >> reporter: the ocean city mayor hasn't ordered an evacuation but wants everybody to be ready. >> bet prepared. go through their checklist. >> reporter: sandy is expected to hit the most densely-populated area in the u.s. 65 million people about one in five americans could potentially lie in the storm's path. last year hurricane irene caused loss of power, this ti
anthony. >> mark strassman in virginia beach, virginia. thank you, mark. just how worried should east coast residents be about this storm? an obvious concernthat sandy could slam into the most densely-populated region of the country. let's get more on that from chip reid in ocean city maryland. >> reporter: good morning. you know yesterday was just a beautiful day at the beach here but this morning the wind and the surf are really starting to pick up and this is just a very small...
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higher and higher velocity particles at matter, three people in germany, lisa meitner, otto hahn, otto-- strassman, i think, anyway, what they did was they threw slow moving neutrons at uranium isotopes and they found a reaction that changed the world. and the reaction that changed the world is that what you see before you here. it's in your textbooks. the first page in the chapter, fission and fusion. and all we're saying is that it turns out if a slow moving neutron taps into uranium 235 isotope-- [makes sounds] --it will lay it right in half, and the isotopes, instead of a little particle coming off like maybe a proton or an alpha particle, the whole things falls on half. wild. and-- [makes sounds] here's a typical reaction. there are many reactions. this is just the typical one. the uranium busts in half into krypton and barium. these are about halfway down the periodic table from where the uranium is. and the neat thing was, is there were also an ejection in the average of about three more neutrons. now, if you can slow these neutrons down-- they're going kinda fast-- if you can slow those do
higher and higher velocity particles at matter, three people in germany, lisa meitner, otto hahn, otto-- strassman, i think, anyway, what they did was they threw slow moving neutrons at uranium isotopes and they found a reaction that changed the world. and the reaction that changed the world is that what you see before you here. it's in your textbooks. the first page in the chapter, fission and fusion. and all we're saying is that it turns out if a slow moving neutron taps into uranium 235...
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mark strassman, cbs, atlanta. >> washington, d.c.'s metrobus system is under fire following the release of dozens of collisions caught on tape, as well as close calls. >> okay. amazingly, we're told that pedestrian was not seriously hurt. other clips show buses slamming into stopped u.s. is, running red lights. that's a close one. 134 clips cover a period of just two months. but a metrobus official defends the drivers saying they have an exceptional safety record given the size of the city. >>> i feel safe right here in the cbs 5 weather center, even though there's going to be a big-time chill in the air tonight and tomorrow. will there be rain in the forecast? the pinpoint forecast still ahead. but kim, what's up in sports? >> hey, roberta. what was jim harbaugh's favorite halloween costume? we may know his least favorite. i'm kim coyle. and paging dwight howard to the white courtesy telephone. the warriors need you asap! that's coming up in sports. high-tech twist. a long-time vallejo stylist is putting decades of experieno >>> it a
mark strassman, cbs, atlanta. >> washington, d.c.'s metrobus system is under fire following the release of dozens of collisions caught on tape, as well as close calls. >> okay. amazingly, we're told that pedestrian was not seriously hurt. other clips show buses slamming into stopped u.s. is, running red lights. that's a close one. 134 clips cover a period of just two months. but a metrobus official defends the drivers saying they have an exceptional safety record given the size of...
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the governor of new york is calling for an investigation as mark strassman reports from brooklyn. residents are angry at the lack of answers. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in many hard hit areas have come a long way but not garrison beach, brooklyn. most folks are waiting for power to come back on and waiting for insurance inspectors to show up and for them the storm has never left. in this driveway, soggy possession we found janet, wringing saltwater from her nieces collection. she's surviving on generator power and grip. >> have no heat. i have no electric. what do you do first? >> reporter: two weeks ago sandy flooded this community's 2400 homes. ever since its working class residents lived without power. >> at night it's pitch black here. it's scary, you know. and every time a light goes by you get up and look out the window and you don't want to do that because you're freezing you want to stay under the blanket. >> reporter: on long island frustrated residents want power and blood from lipa the long island power authority. criticized for its response to the d
the governor of new york is calling for an investigation as mark strassman reports from brooklyn. residents are angry at the lack of answers. mark, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. in many hard hit areas have come a long way but not garrison beach, brooklyn. most folks are waiting for power to come back on and waiting for insurance inspectors to show up and for them the storm has never left. in this driveway, soggy possession we found janet, wringing saltwater from her nieces...
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more cbs "this morning," mark strassman in roswell, new mexico. >> certainly is a daredevil. >> that's a pretty big feat >>> you may have heard that dogs can detaekt disease by smelling a person's breath. researchers are working on devices that can do the very same thing. this morning we'll show you how good these electronic noses are and how they can change the way diseases are diagnosed. >> tomorrow we'll reveal "fortune" magazine's "40 under 40," the brightest young stars in business. you might be surprised who made the list. that's on cbs "this morning". two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. and every day since, we've worked hard to keep it. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help people and businesses who were affected, and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy -- and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. we've shared what we've learned with governments and across the industry so we can all produce energy more safely. i want you to know, there's another commitment bp takes j
more cbs "this morning," mark strassman in roswell, new mexico. >> certainly is a daredevil. >> that's a pretty big feat >>> you may have heard that dogs can detaekt disease by smelling a person's breath. researchers are working on devices that can do the very same thing. this morning we'll show you how good these electronic noses are and how they can change the way diseases are diagnosed. >> tomorrow we'll reveal "fortune" magazine's "40...
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for cbs "this morning," mark strassman, atlanta. >>> the best thing i know they are looking at it trying to figure out what's the best thing to do. >> there had been concerns about safety. >>> a verdict is due today in italy in a case that started with the 2009 earthquake that killed more than 300 people. this morning we'll show you why scientist whose failed to give a warning are being accused of manslaughter. you're watching cbs "this morning". living with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis means living with pain. it could also mean living with joint damage. help relieve the pain and stop the damage with humira, adalimumab. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira is clinically proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. so you can treat more than just the pain. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma, or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred. before s
for cbs "this morning," mark strassman, atlanta. >>> the best thing i know they are looking at it trying to figure out what's the best thing to do. >> there had been concerns about safety. >>> a verdict is due today in italy in a case that started with the 2009 earthquake that killed more than 300 people. this morning we'll show you why scientist whose failed to give a warning are being accused of manslaughter. you're watching cbs "this morning"....
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mark strassman is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning. the civil suit charges neglect that the utility pole that snapped and crashed down on a worker this summer was a preventable accident. the surprise is how many rotten poles are out there. manny baker a 58-year-old maintenance worker never saw disaster coming. in alachua, florida last july he was removing a tree. >> we cleared a tree out of the road. that was about all that i remember. >> reporter: cables trapped underneath the fallen tree tugged on a nearby 25-foot utility pole snapping it at the base. baker ran for safety right into the falling pole. it crashed into his forehead breaking his neck. he awoke from a week long coma paralyzed from the neck down. that snapped utility pole was 54 years old. over the decades it had rotted below ground in florida's humid climate. >> i thought it was a tragic freak accident and after investigating a little we realized it was preventable and underscored or highlighted the public threat. >> reporter: many of the inauguration's estimated 200 mill
mark strassman is here with the story. >> reporter: good morning. the civil suit charges neglect that the utility pole that snapped and crashed down on a worker this summer was a preventable accident. the surprise is how many rotten poles are out there. manny baker a 58-year-old maintenance worker never saw disaster coming. in alachua, florida last july he was removing a tree. >> we cleared a tree out of the road. that was about all that i remember. >> reporter: cables trapped...
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mark strassman made it to laguardia airport. good morning. >> reporter: i pulled in here yesterday afternoon ahead of the storm and right through the whiteout that was on its way here and american, united airlines, deltax all the airlines got ahead of this storm by noon yesterday they cancelled hundreds of flights in the northeast, new york in particular for the second major storm in ten days. there were more than 1700 flights cancelled yesterday, 600 plus into new york's three major airports. new york took 40% of the hit. 600 flights plus have been cancelled for today. one-third into new york. here is good news for a change. arlgs are waiving change fees for disrupted travellers. now operation centers at delta and other airlines had a rough couple of flights. 20,000 flights cancelled last week because of sandy which killed the airlines quarterly profits. the airlines cancelled flights earlier for a couple of reasons to avoid turning airports in to shelters for stranded travellers and to get back up to speed as fast as possible.
mark strassman made it to laguardia airport. good morning. >> reporter: i pulled in here yesterday afternoon ahead of the storm and right through the whiteout that was on its way here and american, united airlines, deltax all the airlines got ahead of this storm by noon yesterday they cancelled hundreds of flights in the northeast, new york in particular for the second major storm in ten days. there were more than 1700 flights cancelled yesterday, 600 plus into new york's three major...
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. >> mark strassman, thank you. >>> austin tice, the reporter that has worked for cbs news and other organizations vanished last month in syria. a new video of theiss, with his apparent captors, has just come out. >> good morning to you, charlie. american journalist austin theiss hasn't been seen or heard from since august 13th. that's the last date of contact. u.s. government investigation has gone cold until a disturbing video clip appeared monday on the facebook page of supporters for syrian president bashar al assad. it had been posted on youtube six days ago. a warning, some viewers may find the following video upsetting. it shows austin theiss being led away. blindfolded and in broken arabic, he recites portions of a prayer, and then shows signs of distre distress. >> oh, jesus. >> reporter: the disturbing video was not released on any known extremist website. the state department can't verify whether the man in the video is austin theiss, but friends say the man featured is the 41-year-old former marine. some suggested that the video may be staged, pointing to the clothing tha
. >> mark strassman, thank you. >>> austin tice, the reporter that has worked for cbs news and other organizations vanished last month in syria. a new video of theiss, with his apparent captors, has just come out. >> good morning to you, charlie. american journalist austin theiss hasn't been seen or heard from since august 13th. that's the last date of contact. u.s. government investigation has gone cold until a disturbing video clip appeared monday on the facebook page of...
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mark strassman is at a gas station here in manhattan with the latest. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning. there's a line of cars that goes back four blocks at this midtown monument gas station, waiting for the chance to fill up on day two of gas rationing throughout new york city on long island and at a dozen new jersey counties. drivers buy gas on days that cars have the odd or even last nunl on number on their license plate. saturday is even sunday is odd. the goal of the city's 800 gas stations avoid long lines and short tempers. good luck. >> people are mad. when i tell them there's a line they are mad. when they get up here they are mad. somebody waits two hours they don't want to get out of line because their license job is wrong. >> reporter: two weeks after the storm frustrations mounting all over. in ocean side, new york thousands of people without power are angry and demanding action from washington. >> where is the help for elderly and children. >> we can't get help because there's no phone. >> reporter: in seaside, new jersey a ba
mark strassman is at a gas station here in manhattan with the latest. good morning, mark. >> reporter: good morning. there's a line of cars that goes back four blocks at this midtown monument gas station, waiting for the chance to fill up on day two of gas rationing throughout new york city on long island and at a dozen new jersey counties. drivers buy gas on days that cars have the odd or even last nunl on number on their license plate. saturday is even sunday is odd. the goal of the...
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. >> mark strassman is at the launch site in roswell, new mexico. this is a serious thing. >> good morning. a very serious thing. a guy jumping from 120,000 feet is a dangerous business. right now, though, there is a weather delay. the issue is some high winds, about 800 feet, that make the launch too dangerous, at least for now. assuming those winds calm down, they will inflate the mammoth balloon in the field right behind me for this historic leap of faith. >> the biggest worry is that we forget about something. it's all about these little details. >> reporter: for the last five years, felix baumgartner and his team have planned and trained for this morning's jump. the 43-year-old austrian sky diver and base jumper will launch himself from out of this world. a free fall dive from earth's stratosphere, 23 miles above new mexico. >> right now i'm really confident in my team, confident in my management, and last but not least, i'm confident in myself. >> reporter: baumgartner will plunge further and fall faster than anybody in history. describe the r
. >> mark strassman is at the launch site in roswell, new mexico. this is a serious thing. >> good morning. a very serious thing. a guy jumping from 120,000 feet is a dangerous business. right now, though, there is a weather delay. the issue is some high winds, about 800 feet, that make the launch too dangerous, at least for now. assuming those winds calm down, they will inflate the mammoth balloon in the field right behind me for this historic leap of faith. >> the biggest...